Olanrewaju Olusola Onigbogi1, David Karatu2, Sarafa Sanusi2, Rebekah Pratt3, Kolawole Okuyemi3. 1. Department of Community Health and Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. 2. Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria. 3. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the United States (U.S). Nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the U.S. METHODS: We conducted three Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) involving twenty-four male migrant workers who reported that they were current cigarette smokers. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed. RESULTS: Four major themes namely: reasons for initiating and continuing to smoke cigarettes, factors affecting brand choice, barriers to quitting, effect of smoking mentholated cigarette brands were identified. CONCLUSION: This study provides insight into the use of mentholated and non-mentholated cigarettes and suggests the need for further studies to explore smoking behavior among Nigerians.
BACKGROUND: There is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the United States (U.S). Nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the U.S. METHODS: We conducted three Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) involving twenty-four male migrant workers who reported that they were current cigarette smokers. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed. RESULTS: Four major themes namely: reasons for initiating and continuing to smoke cigarettes, factors affecting brand choice, barriers to quitting, effect of smoking mentholated cigarette brands were identified. CONCLUSION: This study provides insight into the use of mentholated and non-mentholated cigarettes and suggests the need for further studies to explore smoking behavior among Nigerians.
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